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Slackware alert SSA:2023-276-01 (libX11)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] libX11 (SSA:2023-276-01)
Date:  Tue, 03 Oct 2023 15:25:17 -0700
Message-ID:  <alpine.LNX.2.02.2310031524480.18062@connie.slackware.com>

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libX11 (SSA:2023-276-01) New libX11 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libX11-1.8.7-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: libX11: out-of-bounds memory access in _XkbReadKeySyms(). libX11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in PutSubImage(). libX11: integer overflow in XCreateImage() leading to a heap overflow. For more information, see: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/0... https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43785 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43786 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43787 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/pa... Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/pa... Updated package for Slackware 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/pa... Updated package for Slackware 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/pa... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.0 package: 86205af301cca69a2c55f19c4f577771 libX11-1.8.7-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 3e3ce3de8e29ab1460855211a801db9a libX11-1.8.7-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: c587e5727d42624fa0d7f9bcc74f3fe7 libX11-1.8.7-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 63109f663888b6a2eec04c88030bd375 libX11-1.8.7-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: 635a1f1d0da8ca4934a6deed776ef978 libX11-1.8.7-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: fda1710211e47201084ae7cf436019f0 libX11-1.8.7-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware 15.0 package: 4ff14baf51ef1178d6facea443104193 libX11-1.8.7-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 16c1034c8f379b1e7036df5a3ab62789 libX11-1.8.7-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: 04772be58add14ef90681dfbb73c9d61 x/libX11-1.8.7-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: c47d9c8c75d7d32357427199ffc3b974 x/libX11-1.8.7-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libX11-1.8.7-i586-1_slack15.0.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAmUclD8ACgkQakRjwEAQIjPQcwCgkj1i7ypROFo/4dfokX90PVdn XBMAn0MVS6pVHLlVCrFtAN+R4soV3/6N =fT1V -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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